Justice Zimba-Dube, who has sat as a judge of the High
Court for 10 years, fills the vacancy created by the promotion to the Supreme
Court of the immediate past Judge President, Justice George Chiweshe.
She is the second woman to occupy the top High Court office
after Justice Rita Makarau, who was first promoted to the Supreme Court and
then, in May this year, was one of the first five judges appointed to the
Constitutional Court.
Mrs Fortune Chimbaru was the Director Civil Division of the
Attorney General’s office before her promotion.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Permanent
Secretary Mrs Virginia Mabhiza confirmed the latest appointments over the
weekend.
Justice Zimba-Dube will be sworn-in as the Judge President
tomorrow, according to the Judicial Service Commission secretary Mr Walter
Chikwana.
“I can confirm that Justice Zimba-Dube will be sworn in as the JP (Judge President) by the Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday,” he said.
“By virtue of being the Judge President, she becomes a commissioner of the JSC. This means she will take two oaths, one as the JP and the other as the Commissioner of JSC in terms of the Constitution.”
A veteran lawyer and a judge of the High Court, Justice Zimba-Dube was appointed to the High Court bench in 2011 after serving as president of the Administrative Court since 2004.
On June 29 this year, Justice Zimba-Dube was appointed Acting Judge President when Justice Chiweshe moved up to the Supreme Court to fill one of the vacancies created when the Constitutional and Supreme Courts were split.
Mrs Chimbaru (51) joined the Justice Ministry in March 1994
as a public prosecutor after leaving the University of Zimbabwe.
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